Family say dying man on Liverpool Care Pathway was denied drink

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There has been recent concern that families have not been told that their dying relatives have been placed on the pathwayVetta/Getty Images

Russell Jenkins

Published at 12:01AM, November 8 2012

The family of an elderly man who begged for a drink before dying has spoken of
their concern that hospital staff withdrew food and water as part of his
treatment without informing them.

Arthur Oszek, 86, a diabetic, was admitted to Ayr Hospital, Scotland, last
August after a fall but was later placed on the end-of-life regime known as
the Liverpool Care Pathway for patients judged to be too close to death to
resuscitate.

His family claim that they were not told that doctors had withdrawn food and
water and demanded that he be given the right to fight for